Chris’ expertise has developed over a forty-year career. In 1995, after twenty years with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Chris joined the forensic division of KPMG. In 1999, he was appointed president of KPMG Corporate Intelligence Inc., where he was responsible for international due diligence, asset recovery operations, and the investigation and prevention of organized crime, money laundering, and terrorist financing.

In May 2004, Chris established CHRISMATHERS INC., a private crime and risk consulting firm in Toronto. Some of the company’s most recent assignments have included the following:

• Providing technical assistance, mentoring, and training to the Nigerian government’s anti-corruption agencies on behalf of the UK government’s Justice for All Program;

• Designing and delivering training on AML/TF to domestic and foreign financial institutions;

• Conducting an offshore asset tracing and money laundering investigation on behalf of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-For-Food Programme; and

• Providing expert evidence on behalf of a Canadian financial institution at the federal Competition Tribunal on money laundering/terrorist financing practices.

A popular media commentator and speaker on organized crime and terrorism, Chris also has served as a consultant on several feature films and documentaries relating to organized crime, espionage, and money laundering.